Some friends and I are planning a section hike for June 2014. This will be our first time on the AT. We want to hike the first 100 miles of the AT southbound from Winding Stair Gap to Amicalola Falls, which makes the total mileage 118.7. Our plan is to hike it in ten days. We are all in moderately good condition. We are all runners (12-20 miles per week). Below is the tentative plan. We plan on resupplying twice to decrease food weight. We are trying to do shorter miles in the beginning and planning on camping/hammocking near shelters most nights. Since this is our first trip, do you have any thoughts, tips, advice about our plans?
Here is the tentative schedule:
Day 1: Monday, June 9, 2014 - 8.8 miles to Big Spring Shelter
Day 2: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 - 9.9 miles to Beech Gap campsite
Day 3: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 9.3 miles to Muskrat Creek Shelter
Day 4: Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 12 miles to Dick's Creek Gap (Stay at the Budget Inn)
Day 5: Friday, June 13, 2014 - 10 miles to Tray Mountain Shelter
Day 6: Saturday, June 14, 2014 - 15 miles to Low Gap Shelter
Day 7: Sunday, June 15, 2014 - 10.8 miles to Neels Gap (Stay in Blood Mountain Cabins)
Day 8: Monday, June 16, 2014 - 15.6 miles to Gooch Mountain Shelter
Day 9: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 12.4 miles to Stover Creek Shelter
Day 10: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 11.5 miles to Amicalola Falls